Gurbani Raag Devgandhari

Today Devagandhari is a rare, little known, ancient raga. Its
performance time is the morning hours. Historically it has had three forms; the less
ornamented type is described here. In the Ragmala, Devagandhari is a ragini of
Malkauhsa. Today it belongs to the Asavari thata. Its mood is one of prayerful
supplication presenting a heroic effect. The texts set to this raga reveal a heroic
search for these qualities which lead one to the Lord. This raga was used primarily by
Guru Arjan. Forty-Seven hymns were composed to it including three by Guru Teg_h Bahadur
and six by Guru Ram Das.

Aroh : Sa Re Nfa Pa Dha Sa

Avroh : Sa Ni Dha Pa, Ma Pa, DhaNi Dha Pa, Nfa Ga Re
Sa

Pakar : Dha Ni Dha Pa, Ma Ga, Sa Re Ma, Ga Sa Re Ga Sa

Vadi : Ma

Samvadi : Sa

Introduction :

Raga Devghandhari is one of the oldest raga of the Indian School of Music. According to one one
belief it is made up of ragas Asawari, Bhairo and Devgiri. In the Ragamala listed at the end of Guru
Granth Sahib it is classified as a consort of raga Malkausak. In the Kali Nath School of music it is
listed as a consort of Sri raga, whereas in the Nad Binod's school it is titled as 'Dev Ghandar' and
is classified as a son of raga Bhairo. According to Bhai Kahn Singh it is a consort of raga
Bilawal.

This raga is sung at the first part of the day i.e., from 6 a.m to 9 a.m. The season of its
recitation is winter (shisher) i.e., during December and January. In Guru Granth Sahib it has hymns
from pages 527 - 536 (9 pages).

The Composers:

The composers of bani (hymns) in this raga are:

Gurus

Guru Ramdas

Guru Arjan Dev

Guru Tegh Bahadur

Bhagats:

There is no Bhagat bath in this raga.

The Structure:

The sequence of the structure of compositions in this raga are:

Gurubani:

1. Shabads ( 2 and 4 padas)

Matrix

VISUAL ANALYSIS

Count of the use of Managals:

Complete Mool Mantar = 1 at page 527
Ik-ongkar Satgur Prasadh = 8

Placement and count of the rahau verses:

All shabads have rahau verses in them placed in the beginning of the shabads.